30. When the Lord has done for my master all the good things he has promised you, and has installed you as Israel’s leader,
31. don’t let this be a blot or burden on my master’s conscience, that you shed blood needlessly or that my master took vengeance into his own hands. When the Lord has done good things for my master, please remember your servant."
32. David said to Abigail, "Bless the Lord God of Israel, who sent you to meet me today!
33. And bless you and your good judgment for preventing me from shedding blood and taking vengeance into my own hands today!
34. Otherwise, as surely as the Lord God of Israel lives—the one who kept me from hurting you—if you hadn’t come quickly and met up with me, there wouldn’t be one single one who urinates on a wall left come morning."
35. Then David accepted everything she had brought for him. "Return home in peace," he told her. "Be assured that I’ve heard your request and have agreed to it."
36. When Abigail got back home to Nabal, he was throwing a party fit for a king in his house. Nabal was in a great mood and very drunk, so Abigail didn’t tell him anything until daybreak.
37. In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him everything. Nabal’s heart failed inside him, and he became like a stone.
38. About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.
39. When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Bless the Lord, who has rendered a verdict regarding Nabal’s insult to me and who kept me, his servant, from doing something evil! The Lord has brought Nabal’s evil down on his own head." Then David sent word to Abigail, saying that he would take her as his wife.
40. When David’s servants reached Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, "David has sent us to you so you can become his wife."
41. She bowed low to the ground and said, "I am your servant, ready to serve and wash the feet of my master’s helpers."
42. Then Abigail got up quickly and rode on her donkey, with five of her young women going with her. She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.
43. David also married Ahinoam from Jezreel, so both of them were his wives.
44. But Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Palti, Laish’s son, from Gallim.